Saturday, January 14, 2017

New Music Album Releases: January 13, 2017

The new music album releases for the week of January 13, 2017 include "I See You" by The xx, "Machine Messiah" by Sepultura, "Run the Jewels 3" by Run the Jewels, "Rise" by Danny Gokey, "Migration" by Bonobo, "Puxico" by Natalie Hemby, "Rennen" by SOHN, David Bowie's EP "No Plan", and many more.

I SEE YOU (The xx)

Product Description: I See You is marked by a tonal shift to something close to pure, crisp pop structure, adorned by unusual crescendos that echo a dextrous DJ inching their dancer toward climax without ever quite lifting the house lights. Its lyric sheet moves from the danger and hopelessness of love to its deliciousness and rapture; a move into a more outward looking proposition.

I See You is recognizably still The xx but is now powered by the voluble ambition of its three perfect counterweights to one another starting to not just realize but harness their full potential. You might even want to think of the decisive move from Joy Divi¬sion to New Order here, too.

When they take their plum festival slots in 2017, armed with the ten most robust songs of their career, The xx should prick the skin and touch gently the shoulder of an audience reaching to the back of the field.

TRACK LIST:

1. Dangerous (4:10)

2. Say Something Loving (3:58)

3. Lips (3:20)

4. A Violent Noise (3:47)

5. Performance (4:06)

6. Replica (4:09)

7. Brave For You (4:13)

8. On Hold (3:44)

9. I Dare You (3:53)

10. Test Me (3:55)

MACHINE MESSIAH (Sepultura)

Product Description: It was the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil that launched the ascent of native sons Sepultura (Portuguese for 'grave') in 1983 with a trajectory aimed unsuspectingly at the worldwide metal music scene. A band with humble economic beginnings whose musical identity was forged in the context of living through Brazil's authoritarian military dictatorship, Sepultura would go on to become Brazilian ambassadors to the metal world. Now featuring long-time guitarist Andreas Kisser (who joined in 1987), original bassist Paulo Jr. , Ohio-born vocalist Derrick Green and drum prodigy Eloy Casagrande, Sepultura continue to release skull-crushing albums and pack venues and festival stages worldwide. The band's 14th studio album, 'Machine Messiah', produced by Jens Borgen (Opeth, Amon Amarth) was inspired by the robotisation of our society.

THE MISADVENTURES OF FERN & MARTY (Social Club Misfits)

Product Description: Miami hip-hop duo Social Club Misfits are excited to announce their new album 'The Misadventures of Fern & Marty.' 'The album is a combination of styles and influences from our city and cultures, which makes this album very eclectic' states Marty. 'We live in Florida and it is so diverse, there are so many cultures and backgrounds. We wanted to capture that.'

Featuring production by Wit and 42 North, Ruslan, Amari and Ray Rock fans will experience everything from soul, trap, island and more as well as includes appearances by Andy Mineo, Chris Batson, and Tree Giants. 'The Misadventures of Fern & Marty could best be described as the journey every person has becoming an adult,' states Fern. 'This is an album about life. It's the good, the bad and it's real. We continue to use humor and emotion, with every song having an underlining message.'

TRACK LIST:

1. Vibes Vibes Vibes [feat. Chris Durso] (3:06)

2. Pop Out Revenge [feat. Amari] (4:35)

3. Love 4 Real [feat. Daramola] (3:52)

4. Who Else [feat. Andy Mineo] (3:40)

5. Different People [feat. Tree Giants] (4:28)

6. Maybe [feat. Chris Batson] (4:21)

7. How Good (3:27)

8. A Song For Cami (3:14)

9. One With The New Yorkers [feat. Wordsplayed] (3:49)

10. Usual Suspects [feat. Willow Stephens] (3:33)

11. Time 4 That (4:17)

12. Social SZN (3:10)

13. Wayyyyy Back (3:34)

14. Misfit Anthem [feat. Riley Clemmons] (3:55)

15. Extra Wavy (Bonus Song) (2:36)

AMBITIONS (ONE OK ROCK)

Product Description: Taka Moriuchi (vocals) thinks that this time, “the album is more international. Before, the album was more, you know, kind of still ONE OK ROCK sounds and then like, the future ONE OK ROCK. Actually, this is the first time [completely] recording it in the United States. Before, we couldn’t make good conversation with the producers, but this time we’re getting better [and] our English is improved. That’s the main difference this time. This is our first time releasing to the world at the same time as Japan. Before that, the album [was on] a timeline. This time, it’s totally the same time, worldwide. I want to reach the world’s fans, all the ONE OK ROCK fans at the same time [and give them] our new music. I’m super-excited about it. This album is super-new ONE OK ROCK. It’s passionate and sounds awesome. The melodies, I think I’m super good, so it’s going to be great.”

TRACK LIST:

1. Ambitions (Introduction) (1:23)

2. Bombs Away (4:24)

3. Taking Off (3:38)

4. We Are (4:15)

5. Jaded (feat. Alex Gaskarth) (3:36)

6. Hard To Love (3:16)

7. Bedroom Warfare (3:22)

8. American Girls (2:48)

9. I Was King (3:58)

10. Listen (3:39)

11. One Way Ticket (3:36)

12. Bon Voyage (4:05)

13. Start Again (3:14)

14. Take What You Want (feat. 5 Seconds of Summer) (4:03)

MIGRATION (Bonobo)

Product Description: Simon Green aka Bonobo returns with his sixth album, the masterful, magisterial Migration - a record which cements his place in the very highest echelons of electronic music and beyond. By turns lush, manic, beautiful, melancholy, joyful, and packed with both emotion and technical skill, this is perhaps his most ambitious attempt yet to capture the very textures of human existence in his work, as Green says of the broad dynamics on the album, "Life has highs, lows, loud and quiet moments, beautiful ones and ugly ones. Music is a reﬂection of life."

In particular, there is a theme here of migration, eruditely put by Green as "The study of people and spaces," he expands, "It's interesting how one person will take an inﬂuence from one part of the world and move with that inﬂuence and effect another part of the world. Over time, the identities of new places evolve." It is a theme with a personal as well as a sociological aspect to it.
Opener and title track "Migration" sets the tone for the record - a shifting, gradually building combination of complex electronic programming (Green programmed a special algorithm to create the drum sequencing) and live piano playing, the sense of movement in the music is palpable. "Outlier" channels a swinging take on two-step back into luscious romanticism, before changing direction and ﬁnishing on the dance-ﬂoor (not for nothing has Bonobo talked about the central importance to the overall feel of the album of his all-night Output DJ residencies in NY where he road-tested tracks, his 'Outlier' club curation series and visits to the Kompakt Studios). "Second Sun" mixes guitar, feedback, and strings in completely unfamiliar ways. "Kerala" takes an R&B vocal sample from a classic Brandy track and uses it more as texture than as voice. This innovation is expanded upon and broadened on "Grains," this time with the voice of folk godfather Pete Seeger.

Beyond this, Green continues his theme of migration, through his guests and also his choice of found sound, which both strengthen and deepen "the transitory nature of the record." Michael Milosh, from the LA group Rhye, for instance, is originally from Canada and recorded his affecting vocal over a harp and beautiful horn work in a hotel room in Berlin. Green, meanwhile, built the structure of the track during a transatlantic ﬂight (another meaning of Migration rests in the fact of making large chunks of the record while out on the road). Nick Murphy (formerly known as Chet Faker), on the other hand, is from Australia, but a shared love of disco brought the pair together for the hugely emotive "No Reason." Nicole Miglis of Hundred Waters delivers a superbly understated vocal for the glistening textures of "Surface," while Moroccan band Innov Gnawa, based in New York, make up the last of the vocals, offering real grit and beauty to the housey shufﬂe of "Bambro Koyo Ganda." Additionally, Green has used a sampler ("but not in a big boomer, wearing a cagoul kind of way") and woven found sounds, such as an elevator in a Hong Kong airport, rain in Seattle, a tumble dryer in Atlanta, and a fan boat engine in New Orleans, into his intricate sonics.

His 2013 album The North Borders went Top 30 in the UK and was Number 1 in the electronic charts in both the US and UK. In support of that record, the 12 piece band Green runs played 175 shows worldwide, including two sell-outs at the Sydney Opera House, an all-day festival at the Roundhouse, and a sold out show at Alexandra Palace, plus a number of high proﬁle festival slots. Bonobo has built a large, loyal, and engaged global fan-base: over half a million album sales and over one hundred and ﬁfty million streams on Spotify point to the levels of success achieved by this self-effacing man.

TRACK LIST:

1. Migration (5:27)

2. Break Apart (feat. Rhye) (4:34)

3. Outlier (7:55)

4. Grains (4:28)

5. Second Sun (3:43)

6. Surface (feat. Nicole Miglis) (4:11)

7. Bambro Koyo Ganda (feat. Innov Gnawa) (5:02)

8. Kerala (3:57)

9. Ontario (3:52)

10. No Reason (feat. Nick Murphy) (7:29)

11. 7th Sevens (5:07)

12. Figures (6:08)

RISE (Danny Gokey)

Product Description: Rise - By: Danny Gokey Rise is the fifth studio album by American singer Danny Gokey. His second full-length album of original material in the Contemporary Christian genre, Rise serves as the follow-up to Gokey's number-one album, Hope in Front of Me (2014).

TRACK LIST:

1. Stronger Than We Think (3:38)

2. If You Ain't In It (3:04)

3. Rise (3:37)

4. Masterpiece (4:14)

5. The Comeback (3:11)

6. Slow Down (3:50)

7. Never Be The Same (3:13)

8. What Love Can Do (4:01)

9. Chasing (feat. Jordin Sparks) (3:55)

10. Symptoms (3:19)

11. Better Than I Found It (feat. Kierra Sheard) (3:09)

12. Stronger Than We Think (Bryan Todd Remix) (3:52)

11 SHORT STORIES OF PAIN & GLORY (Dropkick Murphys)

Product Description: After twenty years, Dropkick Murphys remain bigger than ever, having sold over 6 million albums worldwide. Their forthcoming CD, 11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory, is a soundtrack to tragedy and triumph alike. On this album, the band carries on the tradition of rough and tumble storytelling – the kind of writing that never leaves fans wondering whether the band have lived what they’re singing about. A look back at childhood, a snapshot of a clueless jerk, a stop-you-in-your tracks reflection on a terrorist tragedy... There are moments of ass-kicking Celtic punk attitude, ball-busting wisecracks, tear-jerking confessions, and the kind of upbeat words of wisdom that can be chanted loud and proud across arenas and stadiums worldwide. The band continues to sell out venues around the world. They’ve Boston’s Fenway Park and been personally invited to share the stage with everyone from Foo Fighters to Bruce Springsteen to Mumford & Sons. The group’s single "I'm Shipping Up To Boston”-- from 2005’s Certified Gold The Warrior’s Code--has sold nearly 2 million copies. “I’m Shipping Up To Boston,” a song with lyrics penned by Woody Guthrie, gained mainstream notoriety after being prominently featured in Martin Scorsese's Academy Award-winning film The Departed. It can be commonly heard at sporting events and on television as a theme song for many sports teams (even outside of Boston).

RENNEN (SOHN)

Product Description: Rennen. It’s a German verb that translates in English to “run,” and as soon as SOHN begins to describe his journey over the last two years, it becomes obvious why it’s also the title of his stunning new album for 4AD. Critics and fans alike are eagerly anticipating the album in the wake of his acclaimed 2014 debut, Tremors. That record, called “spellbinding” by The Sunday Times, launched him from behind-the-scenes producer to international star, with Uncut hailing the Vienna-born artist’s “pristine techno-soul,” Q praising his music as “spine-tingling,” and the New York Times raving that “his tenor rises to androgynous high notes that are lonely fragility incarnate.” Musically, SOHN exercised restraint in the productions, limiting each song to three main elements. His goal was to hone in on the essence of the tracks, and to ensure that he recorded only the strongest material that could stand on its own without studio magic. It’s an ambitious exhibition of both his personal and artistic growth, a confident display of the evolution he’s undergone in just two short years. It’s also a starter’s pistol ringing out loud and clear with an unmistakable message: it’s time to run again, and SOHN is ready.

TRACK LIST:

1. Hard Liquor (4:04)

2. Conrad (3:43)

3. Signal (4:27)

4. Dead Wrong (3:03)

5. Primary (3:27)

6. Rennen (3:17)

7. Falling (4:28)

8. Proof (3:45)

9. Still Waters (3:30)

10. Harbour (4:10)

FEEL YOUR FEELINGS FOOL! (The Regrettes)

Product Description: The most intoxicating draw of The Regrettes is their bashful, heart-on-your-sleeve temperament - writing urgent and fast-paced pop songs with a punk rock mentality. “The way that we write, it’s all based on honesty,” muses Lydia on the group’s punk aesthetic. “If I finish a song, I’ll just leave it - I won’t really go back to it. I like things to feel in the moment and I don’t want it to be perfect. If I work on something too much I lose it and get bored and I want to do the next one..”

TRACK LIST:

1. I Don't Like You (2:46)

2. A Living Human Girl (2:37)

3. Hey Now (3:29)

4. Hot [Explicit] (2:40)

5. Seashore [Explicit] (3:28)

6. Juicebox Baby (1:51)

7. 'Til Tomorrow (2:51)

8. Pale Skin [Explicit] (5:27)

9. Lacy Loo (2:53)

10. Head in the Clouds [Explicit] (2:03)

11. How It Should Be (2:37)

12. Picture Perfect (2:48)

13. Bronze (4:00)

14. Ladylike / Whatta Bitch [Explicit] (1:52)

15. You Won't Do (5:26)

GRAVEYARD OF GOOD TIMES (Brandon Can't Dance)

Product Description: Brandon Can't Dance is the pseudonym of Brandon Ayres - a reticent cult figure in Philadelphia's local DIY scene. Entirely self-recorded and produced, Brandon's music is unique and diverse, whilst hinting at a songwriting lineage absorbed through the somber tones of Elliott Smith, the aggressive electronics of Nine Inch Nails, a grunge attitude by way of early Nirvana and The Idiot-era Iggy Pop.

TRACK LIST:

1. Headspace

2. Smoke & Drive Around

3. A Greyhound Named Chelsea

4. Pop Queen of the Teen Scene

5. Where My Boys At

6. So Deep, So Tortured, So Freak

7. She Loves Anime

8. Fuck Off and We'll Get Along

9. Rock is Dead

10. Angelina

11. The World is Broken

12. Freak of the Freaks

13. Don't You Want To

14. Me Inside Here

15. Obligatory Star Surfing Song

16. Believe in Fear

FOREVER (Code Orange)

Product Description: The follow up album to 2014's breakthrough I AM KING, FOREVER is heralded by the LP's title track and accompanying official music video which are streaming via Rolling Stone who exclaim, "FOREVER captures some of the most punishing noise the band has recorded to date, featuring songs rife with sudden transitions to still-harsher textures." Code Orange drummer / co-vocalist Jami Morgan detailed the band's new LP in an exclusive interview with Rolling Stone stating, "Everywhere we've turned, we've met a lot of 'You're not this enough for this, or that enough for that, FOREVER opens it up by saying, 'F*ck you, we're here. We're gonna do whatever the f*ck we wanna do, and there are no rules.'"

Recorded with producers Will Yip at Studio 4 in Conshohocken, PA and Kurt Ballou at GodCity Studios in Salem, MA, FOREVER is a jarringand experimental body of work, pushing the envelope with songs like; "Bleeding In The Blur," "Kill The Creator," and "Spy.

OCZY MLODY (The Flaming Lips)

Product Description: Produced by the band and their long-time producer Dave Fridmann, the highly anticipated album is the follow-up to THE LIPS’ globally acclaimed 2013 album, THE TERROR.

On OCZY MLODY, THE LIPS return to form with an album no less experimental in nature, but perhaps more melodically song-oriented, recalling the best parts of their most critically applauded albums THE SOFT BULLETIN and the gold-certified YOSHIMI BATTLES THE PINK ROBOTS.

The album will be released in several configurations: a 12-song CD, a 12-song digital version as well as a 12-song double-LP vinyl edition - pressed on colored vinyl and an 11-song single-LP vinyl edition (both of which include a digital download card of all 12 songs on OCZY MLODY), There is also a 7" red vinyl single of the band's cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" b/w "Jest (There Is...)".

TRACK LIST:

1. Oczy Mlody (2:53)

2. How?? [Explicit] (4:24)

3. There Should Be Unicorns [Explicit] (5:49)

4. Sunrise (Eyes of the Young) [Explicit] (4:05)

5. Nigdy Nie (Never No) (4:10)

6. Galaxy I Sink (3:57)

7. One Night While Hunting for Faeries and Witches and Wizards to Kill (6:08)